The Penn State Smeal College of Business has earned the No. 1 rank in undergraduate supply chain technology education and the No. 4 spot in graduate education, according to Software Advice, a subsidiary of IT research and advisory firm Gartner.

Beth Montemurro, associate professor of sociology, will present "Love, American Style: The Evolution of Courtship and Dating" at 12:30 p.m. April 2 in Schlow Centre Region Library in State College as part of the Research Unplugged lecture series.

The annual Undergraduate Exhibition will hold a student Performing Arts Showcase, Tuesday evening, April 7, at 7:00 pm in Esber Recital Hall, in celebration of the creative accomplishments of Penn State undergraduate students. The 90 minute program features students in the School of Music who will perform selections for voice, flute, cello, percussion, clarinet, piano, and viola. Members of the campus and local communities are invited to attend this special event.

Even in today’s high-tech health care world, future professionals have much to learn from ancient medical practices. That was the takeaway for six Penn State nursing students who recently traveled to Hong Kong to learn about Chinese health care and nursing education.

Maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation may prime offspring for weight gain and obesity later in life, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers, who looked at rats whose mothers consumed a high-fat diet and found that the offsprings' feeding controls and feelings of fullness did not function normally.

A website that focuses on high school sports in northern Indiana and goes beyond game coverage -- tackling timely topics and issues that matter to competitors as well as administrators, coaches and fans -- was selected as the winner of a national award administered by the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State.

Lexie Herdt has always been fascinated with how the weather impacts people. “I have family members who have asthma and respiratory issues, and when I was growing up, I saw a lot of family who live in the Philadelphia region affected by high ozone levels,” says Herdt.

Earvin “Magic” Johnson will be the distinguished speaker for the 2015 finale of both the Schreyer Honors College’s Shaping the Future Summit and the Student Programming Association’s Distinguished Speaker Series at 7 p.m. April 1 in Eisenhower Auditorium.

A contributor to Lens, The New York Times photography blog, writes, "as you immerse yourself in [THON], you begin to realize what is going on: these youngsters are being broken down slowly — and then are being brought back up emotionally, so it is like an incredible bond with everyone on the floor. That’s when you start to understand it."